кънига

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Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъňiga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊˈnʲiɡɑ/→/kʊˈnʲiɡa/→/ˈknʲiɡa/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈnʲiɡɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈnʲiɡa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈknʲiɡa/

  • Hyphenation: къ‧ни‧га

Noun

кънига (kŭniga) f (diminutive кънижька, related adjective кънижьнъ)

  1. book

Declension

Declension of кънига (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative кънига
kŭniga 		кънизѣ
kŭnizě 		кънигꙑ
kŭnigy
genitive кънигꙑ
kŭnigy 		кънигу
kŭnigu 		кънигъ
kŭnigŭ
dative кънизѣ
kŭnizě 		кънигама
kŭnigama 		кънигамъ
kŭnigamŭ
accusative кънигѫ
kŭnigǫ 		кънизѣ
kŭnizě 		кънигꙑ
kŭnigy
instrumental кънигоѭ
kŭnigojǫ 		кънигама
kŭnigama 		кънигами
kŭnigami
locative кънизѣ
kŭnizě 		кънигу
kŭnigu 		кънигахъ
kŭnigaxŭ
vocative къниго
kŭnigo 		кънизѣ
kŭnizě 		кънигꙑ
kŭnigy

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “кънига”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ ‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1391

Old Novgorodian

Novgorod Codex (1015±35), oldest known book of Rus'

Etymology

First attested in c. 1140‒1160. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъňìga. Cognate with Old East Slavic кънига (kŭniga), Old Ruthenian кни́га (kníha), Old Church Slavonic кън҄игꙑ / ⰽⱏⱀⰻⰳⱏⰺ pl (kŭnʹigy), Old Polish knięga.

Noun

кънига • (kŭniga) f

  1. book
    • c. 1140‒1160, Берестяная грамота № 846 ‎, Novgorod:
      ѿ дъмитра мольба къ … попꙑтаї съчетъкѣ слоужь(ьн)… и коубицѣ въдаї съ къни(гами) …
      otŭ dŭmitra molĭba kŭ … popytai sŭćetŭkě služĭ(ĭn)… i kubićě vŭdai sŭ kŭni(gami) …
      A request from Dmitry to … Find the “service signature” and give it to Kubica along with the books.

References

  1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект ‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 747

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